Test Flying Memorial
"...and everywhere the
blue sky belongs to them
and is their appointed rest
and their native country"
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Date | 20/09/1958 |
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Casualties | Mr K.R. Sturt; Mr J. Ford, both Rolls-Royce Hucknall TPs; Mr Howkins, Rolls-Royce Hucknall FTO; Flt Lt R.M. Parrot, navigator |
Aircraft | Avro Vulcan B Mk 1 VX770 |
Took off from | Hucknall, Notts |
Purpose of flight | Aircraft participating in Syerston Battle of Britain display |
Incident location | Syerston, Notts |
Incident details | During display it was overstressed leading to break-up of starboard wing and crashed on airfield |